Wednesday, July 22, 2009
New Angel Paintball Field Opening
According to APS another Angel training field opens this weekend, this time at the Angel home field in Birmingham England. The training field has been some time in the making and will feature 4500psi air fills from the on site state of the art compressor, the latest SupAir inflatable fields, player viewing gallery, and one of the best playing surfaces money can buy the UEFA approved Tiger Turf. To mark the launch of this training facility members of Joy Division will be providing a training clinic on Friday, and taking part in an open 5 man tournament on Saturday before taking part in the Diamond Wars event on Sunday. For more information on this weekends action, or to book time on the training field check out www.nationalpaintballfields.com possibly one of the best paintball fields in the world.
Monday, July 20, 2009
New Angel Paintball Clothing Line!
Angel Paintball Sports has released some information and pictures of their newest clothing line named "Arabis" This new clothing line is designed with Woodsball & Scenario players in mind. Your usual speedball clothing lines, are lightweight, provides good ventilation which in a hot outdoors game would be very handy, though their typical bright colors do not harmonize so well while trying to blend in amounts the trees. The collection of clothing will include a jersey, pants and shemag in a camo-esque pattern and available in two colors; Olive Drab and Brown.
Along with the new clothing line Angel is also releasing a stock for the A1 & A1 Fly. This will allow great flexibility while playing in a scenario game as you will be able to connect to your tank via a remote line decreasing the weight of the gun.
There have been mixed reviews so far for these new products by Angel which is not surprising as the majority of Angel owners are Speedball/Tourny players. I am personally excited for this new release and feel that this is a great opportunity for Angel to branch into a vastly untapped market.
Along with the new clothing line Angel is also releasing a stock for the A1 & A1 Fly. This will allow great flexibility while playing in a scenario game as you will be able to connect to your tank via a remote line decreasing the weight of the gun.
There have been mixed reviews so far for these new products by Angel which is not surprising as the majority of Angel owners are Speedball/Tourny players. I am personally excited for this new release and feel that this is a great opportunity for Angel to branch into a vastly untapped market.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
US Paitnball League - DC Challenge
The US Paintball League (USPL) will be hosting their 3rd of 4 events in Washington DC. The Event named "DC Challenge is scheduled for Friday August 28th to Sunday August 30th. The sign up deadline for this event is Thursday August 20th. Depending on your division prize money can total upto $9000 for first place. Make sure to go to uspaintballleague.com for all the information regarding signups.
Don't have a team, well then make sure to stop by to see the torunament live. All of the top pro teams are scheduled for this event, including DC Arsenal & DYNASTY. This is going to be one action packed event.
Don't have a team, well then make sure to stop by to see the torunament live. All of the top pro teams are scheduled for this event, including DC Arsenal & DYNASTY. This is going to be one action packed event.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
8 Tips for Maintaining A Better Angel One
Got an Angel A1? Think it might need maintenance, or a tweak but unsure what to do. Below is a list of 8 tips, quoted from Ken Crane to keep your Angel Paintball gun in top form.
1) Don’t buy garbage batteries. No ifs ands or buts.
2) Don’t run your dwell below 6.5. I don’t care if you are the smartest physics major in the world. It won’t work!
3) Don’t lower the LPR below 6o. Just don’t; It won’t work any better,
4) If you upgrade the software on your gun, download it and follow the instructions exactly as they are written. Don’t try and be smarter than the guys that wrote the directions; they work as designed. Insert a new battery before flashing the gun as it uses more power to flash than using the gun.
5) Don’t try and make the ASA a drop back or drop forward. It isn’t and was never meant to be moved forward or back. If you do you will break the frame. Evenly tighten the front and rear pinch bolts to assure a tight but not over tight fit.
6) ALL bounce is being created by customers incorrectly adjusting the trigger magnet. If you remove too much magnetic tension from the front adjustment it will bounce. Make sure you can feel and hear the magnet grab the front adjustment screw.
6) Don’t use cheap tools to work on your Angel. Buy good quality ball end allen wrenches. It will make your life and ours much easier.
7) Before you assume drop off, poor velocity, slow rate of fire or like issues are affecting your A1; check the output pressure of your air system. We cannot even tell you how many guns we get in that work fine only to find it’s a below 400 output tank causing the issue. It happens every day; Make sure your tank puts out at least 450. DO NOT ASSUME ITS FINE. TEST IT!!!
8) Proper removal of the A1 eye covers requires some skill. De-gas the gun, remove the exhaust valve end cap. Carefully get a pointed or sharp flat object started under each eye strap at the rear most part of the cover. Don’t pull the arms away from the body any more than it takes to slide them forward. Pull them towards the front of the gun and remove. To reinstall again, don’t pull the cover arms any more than it takes to slide them over the body.
1) Don’t buy garbage batteries. No ifs ands or buts.
2) Don’t run your dwell below 6.5. I don’t care if you are the smartest physics major in the world. It won’t work!
3) Don’t lower the LPR below 6o. Just don’t; It won’t work any better,
4) If you upgrade the software on your gun, download it and follow the instructions exactly as they are written. Don’t try and be smarter than the guys that wrote the directions; they work as designed. Insert a new battery before flashing the gun as it uses more power to flash than using the gun.
5) Don’t try and make the ASA a drop back or drop forward. It isn’t and was never meant to be moved forward or back. If you do you will break the frame. Evenly tighten the front and rear pinch bolts to assure a tight but not over tight fit.
6) ALL bounce is being created by customers incorrectly adjusting the trigger magnet. If you remove too much magnetic tension from the front adjustment it will bounce. Make sure you can feel and hear the magnet grab the front adjustment screw.
6) Don’t use cheap tools to work on your Angel. Buy good quality ball end allen wrenches. It will make your life and ours much easier.
7) Before you assume drop off, poor velocity, slow rate of fire or like issues are affecting your A1; check the output pressure of your air system. We cannot even tell you how many guns we get in that work fine only to find it’s a below 400 output tank causing the issue. It happens every day; Make sure your tank puts out at least 450. DO NOT ASSUME ITS FINE. TEST IT!!!
8) Proper removal of the A1 eye covers requires some skill. De-gas the gun, remove the exhaust valve end cap. Carefully get a pointed or sharp flat object started under each eye strap at the rear most part of the cover. Don’t pull the arms away from the body any more than it takes to slide them forward. Pull them towards the front of the gun and remove. To reinstall again, don’t pull the cover arms any more than it takes to slide them over the body.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Win an Angel A1 Fly Paintball Gun!!!!!
Hot off the press.!!! Angel Paintball Sports announces that they have teamed up with Kerry “Viper” Rosenberry of Viper Scenario. With this announcement Viper & APS are giving you the chance to win a new Angel A1 Fly. The game – Find Viper! Details below.
How to enter:
1) Find Viper
2) Tell him "Hey Viper, I need a new Angel!"
3) Take the ticket he gives you and place it in an envelope along with an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper with the following information printed or typed on it:
* Name
* Mailing/shipping address
* Phone number
* Email address
* Where you found Viper
4) Apply proper postage and mail it to:
Viper Paintball Angel Contest
PO Box 920
Winnsboro, TX 75494
On December 31st, 2009 we will draw a name and contact that person using the information they have provided. If there is no response within seven days the entry will be voided and we will draw a new potential winner. Once the winner contacts us to claim their prize their name will be posted and their Angel will be shipped directly to them!
Contest rules:
1) One entry per person
2) One entry per household
3) One entry per envelope
4) Each entry must include a ticket acquired from Viper
5) You cannot "Find Viper" for an entry in
* Mt Vernon, TX
* Winnsboro, TX
* his house or neighborhood
6) Anyone acting in an unsafe or obnoxious manner will be refused an entry. This includes paintball events or on the highway.
7) All information must be accurate and legible or the entry will be voided. Provided information becomes the property of Viper Paintball and Angel Paintball Sports, and may be used for marketing by these companies. It will not be sold or transferred to any other persons or entities.
8) Winner will be contacted using the information they provide. If they cannot be contacted using that information, or do not respond within seven days of notification their award is forfeit, and a new winner will be chosen.
For more information on how to find Viper check out Viperpaintball.com.
How to enter:
1) Find Viper
2) Tell him "Hey Viper, I need a new Angel!"
3) Take the ticket he gives you and place it in an envelope along with an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper with the following information printed or typed on it:
* Name
* Mailing/shipping address
* Phone number
* Email address
* Where you found Viper
4) Apply proper postage and mail it to:
Viper Paintball Angel Contest
PO Box 920
Winnsboro, TX 75494
On December 31st, 2009 we will draw a name and contact that person using the information they have provided. If there is no response within seven days the entry will be voided and we will draw a new potential winner. Once the winner contacts us to claim their prize their name will be posted and their Angel will be shipped directly to them!
Contest rules:
1) One entry per person
2) One entry per household
3) One entry per envelope
4) Each entry must include a ticket acquired from Viper
5) You cannot "Find Viper" for an entry in
* Mt Vernon, TX
* Winnsboro, TX
* his house or neighborhood
6) Anyone acting in an unsafe or obnoxious manner will be refused an entry. This includes paintball events or on the highway.
7) All information must be accurate and legible or the entry will be voided. Provided information becomes the property of Viper Paintball and Angel Paintball Sports, and may be used for marketing by these companies. It will not be sold or transferred to any other persons or entities.
8) Winner will be contacted using the information they provide. If they cannot be contacted using that information, or do not respond within seven days of notification their award is forfeit, and a new winner will be chosen.
For more information on how to find Viper check out Viperpaintball.com.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Evolution of the Angel Paintball Gun
What came first, the paintball gun or the paintball? One may never know but what we do know is that Angel paintball guns have certainly evolved over the years. I have put together a chart featuring the major design revisions over the year, and a brief description about the gun and features that it offered. Enjoy!
Angel v6 - Pre-production prototype. Later to be known as the Angel (or Angel LED)
Angel - First generation gun, also commonly referred to at the “Angel LED” to differentiate the subsequent models which uses an LCD interface. For it’s time this gun was top notch, compact, fast & reliable. The main weakness for this gun was the weight.
Angel LCD - The next generation of Angel paintball guns replaced the LED panel with an LCD panel. Depending on the gun model the new panel allowed you to accurately display different features of the gun such as Game Timer, Total Shot Counter, Battery Charge Meter, ROF Recorder (Rate of Fire) and more. This new marker also allowed for many different programmable firing modes
Angel IR3 - With the first generation of “eyes” Angel designed the Crystal Operated Paint Sensor (other wise know as COPS). This new system was designed to detected when a paintball was in the breech therefore preventing misfires & chopped balls. The IR3 also introduced a new one way gate within the feed neck. This new one way gate made for much better paintball feed consistency, players were able to turn the Angel paintball gun in any direction (including upside down) and still fire a single shot.
Angel Speed - With the new speed line WDP introduced the low pressure, or "LP" platform. The first Angel since the LED to have a non LCD readout. Also a new Anti-Chopping technology introduced “Sensi”. Sensi was similar to COPS but used the additional of software to detect the paintball’s presence. In addition Sensi incorporated a LDS (Load Detection system) which allowed the detection of additional balled within the stack which could allow for faster performance when a full stack was detected
Angel 4 - The Angel 4 was boasted to be the lightest, shortest & lowest profile that all previous Angel guns. WPD also redesigned there bolt with a new “Soft-touch” bolt to help reduce ball impact and breakage. This gun also fired at a staggering 31 BPS.
Angel 4 Fly - The Fly was the first model to have WPD’s new break-beam anti-chop eyes named “EyeQ” or known to many as Angel Eyes. This gave Angle Paintball Guns a new edge in the industry. With this technology the Angle Fly had the shortest firing cycle time of markers in the market.
Angel Speed 2005 - With the release of the 05 Speed Angel Paintball Gun, WPD introduced their first marker that supported standard 9 volt batteries. Previous models required wall or car chargers to recharge the internal battery. The 05 Speed allowed the player to remove the grip plate and exchange the 9v batteries quickly and easily.
Angel G7 - The WPD worked long and hard when creating the G7. The result was a new paintball gun that few had seen. The familiar pull-knob used to open the breach mechanism was replaced with a sculpted leaver-lok on the back plate of the G7. This in turn cleaned up the over-all look of the marker. The G7 also had extra firing modes added in due to the increase of the diversification of tournament rules. This Angel paintball gun is sure to turn heads on and off the field.
Angel G7 Fly - Retained all the great qualities of the G7, but included some new features. It is over 2 ounces lighters than the original G7. Included new firing modes for all leagues and tournaments.
Angel Speed 2006 - The Angel 06 Speed was release with the internals of the G7. It was 3 ounces lighter than the previous 05 Speed model. This model was a great maker for anyone. With the G7 internals and a price tag approximately half of the G7, this for sure is a gun to own.
Angel One - The Angel One takes paintball markers to a whole new level. APS created a light gun at just over 2 pounds (including barrel). This marker was designed to incorporate 9v batteries for easy powering, along with a board that is compatible with your computer, which make downloading new software with a mini USB cable simple.
Angel One Fly - The latest and great in the line of Angel paintball guns. This new model contains many new advances making it more reliable, lighter and faster. It also features a completely re-designed valve system - the Magno Valve uses magnetic repulsion to assist in valve closure. A major advantage being lower pressure operation.
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